I am enclosing an annual report that shows we are debt-free.
The dependent clause "that shows we are debt-free" is not separated by a comma. That lack of separation implies that the clause is essential to describe which annual report is being sent. Are there others? Those reports may tell a different financial story!
Conclusion: if the descriptive word(s) are removable (redundant), then use a comma or a pair of commas to set them apart from the sentence. To imply the bank's integrity, the bank official could have written this sentence:
I am enclosing an annual report, which shows we are debt-free.
Personally, I would have gone on to make the sentence even more precise:
I am enclosing our latest annual report, which shows that we are debt-free.
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